Fountain bath-sponge.



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B. D. KNIGKERBCKER. FNTAIN BATH SPONGB. APPLIOATION Imm ocr. 21, 1903.

' No. 895,472. I

PATEN TED AUG. IIIQOBI- B. D. KNIGKERBOGKBR. Y FOUNTAIN BATH SPONGB. I

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2l, 1903.

BURTON D. mrsrnRBocKEn, or onIoAGo. IL LnzoIs.

rouwrnm zen'rnesromn.

Specifcaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Appnon med ombea1,'1eos. sei-1n Nb. 171.544.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BURTON D. Emomen- Boomen, citizen of the UnitedStates, resid- 'ing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Imnrovement in FountainEeth- S enges, of which the following is a full,

y c ear,eoncise, and exact description, referwhich lwitha hose 8 ha encebeing had to the accompanying drewing; forming a part of thisspeciicstlon..

his invention relates to bath brushes and its object is to provide afountain beth brush having a sponge surface.

A further object is to provide anche brush with a handle whereby thebrush ma be conveniently used and all parte of the ody reached.

The referred embodiment of m invenh tion is s own in the accompanyingswings forrning a part of the specification, and 1n Figure 1 is a planview, part of the brush being breken away to show the interior tubeY`.l*`ig..2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3is a sectionnl view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a sec#tional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5is a lan view of aInodication; Flg. 6 is a side e evstion of the seme; Fig. 7 is end viewthereof; and, Figs. 8 and 9 ar views ofthe interior tube for the brush.

The body 1 of the brush is formed'f a sponge-like materiel made4preferably of rubber, -and has psssingA through the center thereof apreferably flexible tube 2 provided with perforations 3, and havingrexternal ribs 4, thus forming a sort of chamber within the exterior ofthe porous body. end of the tube 2 is laced a plug 5, having at itsinner end a sho der 6 to engage the sides of the tube and prevent theplug `Horn being forced out-b the ressure ofthe water. The outer end othe pug 5 is form-ed into a head 7. The rear end of the tube 2 may bejoined fr at its op csite end a faucet connection 9. I preferapbly jointhe tube 3 with the hose 8 by means of a connector 10, provided with abore for the pas- Sage of the water and upon its periphery near the endswith shoulders l1 to prevent the tubes from withdrawing from theconnector ldue to the force of the water. A third shoulder 1 2 is formedat an 4internzlediate point upon the `periphery et the connecter and Inthe iront the sponge may be readily placed in i mounted updn theconnector and bearing against said shoulder is a preferably concavewasher 14, which in connection with a'similar washer 15, mounted-u onthe plug 5 and' held in position by the ead 7, prevents the tube 3 frombeing withdrawn from the The handlev 16 is tubular in form to allow thehose 8 to pass therethrough and has at its forward ende. flattenedextension 17 which is secured by means of screws 18 to the crosspiece19. This construction leaves en open space et the fore partof the handleand permits attachment of the hose 8 to the connector 10 without:detaching the handle. The cross-piece 19 at its oint of connection withthe hane is arche as at 20, so that it will readily clear the connectionbetween the hose 8 and the tube 2, and also form a. rotection for thesame. Two rods 21 W ich extend longitudinally through the spon e 1 oneither side of the tube 2 are estene, at their rear ends to thecross-piece 19 by means of screws 22. These rods term a connectingIneens between the sponge and the handle and rigidly hold the sponge sothat it may be used as a brush. l

1n Figs. 5, 6 and 7 is shown a modification of the manner .of fasteningthe sponge upon the handle. In this form, rods 23 clamp the spongebetween them instead of passing tnrough the sponge. `The rods 23 aresecured to a cross-piece 24, of the same coni struction as the cnossiece19 shown in Fig. 3.' One of said rods, Wever, is pivoted as at 24, toallow it to swiner outwardlv to the position shown in dotted lines inorden that sition. A chain 25 is connected to the en of the reds to hold'the pivoted rod in place when the sponge is clamped in position.

The handle 26 has a flattened portion 27 to which is secured theeros-piece 24. A ortion of the llattened portion 27 is turne up as at 28and to this upturned portion is secured the downwardly extending portion30 of the guard 29. This guard consists referably of a flattened pieceof metal w ich extends nearly the length of the sponve on its up er sideto prevent thesarne from being force out from between the rods 23, .whenthe brush is in use- Any means may be provided for fastening the part 30of the Guard to the upturned portion 28 of the handle, but I p tubeswhich may be used inside the sponge,

one in which the ribs 4 are arran ed to encircle the tube, and alsoarranged ongitudinally of the same as shown inFig. 8 or as shown in Fig.9, a wire 33 may be coiled around the tube which will revent the samelfrombeing compressed en also prevent the sponge from comingl into closecontact with t e tube and close t e perorations.

vIt will be seen that, ai

, has been made with the faucet, and the water turned on, the water willass through the hose and into the perforated) tube 2 and from thencewill work out through the periorations and the pores of the sponge tothe surface. By essing the tube 8 through the hollow han le it will notinconvenience the person using the sponge and by the arrangement shownin Figs. 5, 6 and 7, if desired, the handie may be detached and thesponge used alone.

While I have'shown and described referred' embodiments of my invention,do not wish to limit myself to the forms shown, as there are numerousforms in which the in- `vention may be embodied; the severalmodiications of the invention illustrated and described serve to showthe essential features of my invention and that the seme may be embodiedin a number of diierent mechanical arrangements without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having described my invention .what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porousmaterial, having an interior chamber, of a hollow handle for said body,e water supply hose inderendent of said handle and passing therethrough,and means ior connectinr the hose directly said chamber withoutdetaching said han- 2. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with abody of porous material, having a flexible erforated tube assingtherethrough, of a andle for said ody, a water suppl hose passingthrough and independent o said handle, and means for connecting saidhose to said tube without detaching said handle.

3 In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porousmaterial havmg a perforated tube passing therethrough,

s915472 y 1 K ter the ,connection of means for holding said tubeinposition, a hollow handle for said body, av Water supp-111g hose passingthrough said handle, and me for directly connecting said hose withsaitube without detachinsaid handle.

4. In a fountain bat sponge, the combination with a body of porousmaterial having a perforated tube passing therethrough, of -an archedcross-piece, a tubular handle attached to said cross-piece, meansconnecting said porous body to said cross-piece, a water supply hosepassing through said handle, and means said tube.

5. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porousmaterial having a perforated interior chamber, of an arched cross-piece,a tubular handle attached to said cross-piece, means connecting saidcrous body to said cross-piece, and means or connecting said tube withthe water supply In a fountain bath sponge, the combifor connecting'said hose seD nation with a body of porous material of a n iiexibleperforated tube in the interior oie said body, means for securing saidtube in place,

a cross-piece, a tubular handle secured to said cre"-piece, porous codysecured to seid cross-piece, a water supply hose passing through saidhandie and means for connecting said hose to the perforated tube. v

7. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a bod of porousmateriel, of a lexible periorate' tube in its interior, re

supporting arms for said taining Ineens for said tube, a tubular handle'.p having e water-supply hose passing therethrough, clamping Ineens forsaid porous materiel connected with said .liza-ndle, and means ierconnecting the perforated tube to the water supply hose.

8. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porousmaterial having a perforated tube passing therethrough, of a handle,parallel rods secured to said handle to which said body is secured, andmeans for connecting said tube with the water sup 9. In al fountain bethsponge, the combination `with e. body of porous material, of aperforated tube extending through said body, and ineens for preventingthe perorations from being closed by saidbody.

10. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porousmaterial, of a,

ply hose essing through and independent of said han e,and means fordirectly connectiso l flexible perforated tube passin therethroughLmeans for reventing the per orations in the tube from being closed bythe body of porous material, a handle for said body, means for securnfysaid handle to thel body, awater supplyliose passing throughsaidjhnndle, and

means for connecting the said hose to said tube without detaching thehandle.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto snbscribed my name 1n the presenceof two witmesses,

` BUITON D. KNICKERBOCKER.

Witnesses: 'l

' W'. CLYDE JONES, M. R. Roer-mom).

